(17) claire light | 3 months ago

I grew up on Young Adult, or YA, books, and came back to them nearly ten years ago now when I was working in a bookstore. The Harry Potter books were making a splash, and...

(0) Maya | 5 months ago

Last summer, I happened upon an author named Lauren Willig. Her book caught my eye for being a work of historical fiction, a genre that I read a good deal of, but it soon...

(0) Osmond Molarsky Fans | 5 months ago

Osmond Molarsky has lived a full and adventurous 98 years olf life (and counting!). From creating a marrionette show that toured the East Coast to writing childrens books,...

(0) Osmond Molarsky Fans | 5 months ago

A Sky Full of Kites April 1995 Scrappy February 1983 The Peasant and the Fly January 1980 A Different Ball Game January 1979 Robbery in Right Field January 1978 The Fearl...

(0) Osmond Molarsky Fans | 5 months ago

The SF Chronicle printed a great article about Osmond Molarsky. They also created the video posted below. The story behind how Os was put in contact with the SF is also qu...

(1) cereals | 4 months ago

The other day I had the pleasure of interviewing a 98 year old author named Osmond Molarsky. It was lots of fun, and I hope we keep in touch. : ) Check out our interview ...

(1) nightskysf | 2 months ago

HELL CAN WAIT: PART I He walked alone, observing the setting sun over the rising tide, the city lights reflecting on the water as sparkling lines of yellows, greens, and ...

(1) nightskysf | 4 months ago

THE PERFORMER A Poem Who am I tonight, if not the same person I was today? Who are these people that surround me, if not the supporting cast of my staged life? Am I as al...

(1) nightskysf | 4 months ago

ONLY A DREAM A Poem Colors are dull on a day like today Voices buzzing a monotonous tone With bitter tastes on the back of your tongue The scent of mold in the dank morni...

(1) nightskysf | 4 months ago

THE BLACKOUT A Poem The shadows are dancing The sun is not setting, but sinking Below the ground, it floats Floats on the sea of the fallen stars Our lost moon has broken...

(24) cereals | about 1 month ago

This is getting ridiculous. Remember how I mentioned the other day that I was “ fully enthralled ” with this new book, Twilight , that I was reading? That’s the big...

(0) BiGiDiE | 3 months ago

Arts & Entertainment Presents WESTWARD EDEN A Novel by Joaquin Batista Copyright 2003 Joaquin Batista ISBN 1-59113-316-5 Published by Armando Gomez All rights reserve...

(2) L Wallgren | about 1 month ago

In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act. George Orwell Passions unguided are for the most part mere madness. Thomas Hobbes- Leviathan I ne...

(0) Kassandra | 3 months ago

Hemingway wrote like a man that knew he was going to be big. I absolutely enjoyed this novel cover to cover. Typically, I try to avoid 20th century American Literature (I...

(0) sbell | 2 months ago

What's the last nonfiction book you read? ...

(13) isabar | 2 months ago

Joe Biden scratches the hair plugs on the top of his head when octogenarian Washington reporter Helen Thomas asks him what he meant by “ articulate" and "clean” when ...

(13) isabar | 2 months ago

Ok, I’m an independent, but if I were a Republican I’d vote for the Democrats come November. That is, if I really, really loved my political party. Why? I can’t thi...

(13) isabar | 2 months ago

Don't take my (or their) word for it. Check the facts. If you’re like me, you've been conditioned to take things on faith and act on emotion. Take my spouse for instanc...

(13) isabar | 2 months ago

1. He’s black. I wouldn't be writing this if he were white. 2. He doesn’t have an underage pregnant daughter. Obama’s narrative would improve if his underage pregna...

(13) isabar | 2 months ago

1. Palin. She can bring home the bacon, fry it up in a pan and never let the First Dude forget he's the man, but when it comes to the Russians, Iranians and their nukes? ...

(13) isabar | 2 months ago

(spoof) The red phone rings at the White House at 3:00 AM. Cindy McCain answers. “Hellooo, who the heck is calling at this hour?” Mrs. McCain sits up on the bed in th...

(13) isabar | 2 months ago

This is our collective tab today (per http://www.brillig.com/debt_clock ) So, if the estimated population of the United States is 304,768,350, then each citizen's share o...

(13) isabar | 2 months ago

As Johnny Carson would say, no, that's not a Miami phone number and the amount of your phone bill. That's today's U.S. POPClock Projection. If you're a taxpayer, your sha...

(13) isabar | 2 months ago

Many Latin Americans are pinning their hopes on McCain (if elected President) to bring Hugo Chavez to his knees. Nothing would give me more pleasure, except it’ll never...

(13) isabar | 2 months ago

We’re talking about printing one trillion dollars to pay for the Wall Street bailouts. What about inflation? Do we want to pay $1,000 for a dinner? $100 for a quart of ...

(13) isabar | 2 months ago

Why should stay-at-work-dads like Senator McCain have all the fun? He abandoned his crippled first wife and shacked up with girlfriend Cindy. Then, after marrying poor Ci...

(3) greenapplelane | 2 months ago

"Yes, Clarissa thinks, it's time for the day to be over. We throw our parties; we abandon our families to live alone in Canada; we struggle to write books that do not cha...

(13) isabar | 2 months ago

Remember that big rig that got stuck under a highway overpass a few years ago? After hours of deliberation, the police, the highway authority and a bunch of experts were ...

(13) isabar | 2 months ago

Henry Paulson thinks “there is a lot of blame to go around” for irresponsible lending practices, overly complex securities and rating-agency failures. I say blame El ...

(13) isabar | 2 months ago

Mary Tyler Moore obviously doesn’t. I don’t know about you, but when I watched her jiggle her arm flab at the Emmys I was horrified. Where was the FCC? That affront t...

(13) isabar | 2 months ago

I'm compelled to share with you this surprising article from Wall Street hedge fund CEO Eric D. Hovde on the Sunday Washington Post. His first hand knowledge and historic...

(13) isabar | 2 months ago

(spoof) “America this week faces an historic crisis in our financial system [ this is really live or die for me, my poll ratings are way down ]. We must pass legislatio...

(13) isabar | 2 months ago

$700 billion / Iraq war / Help Dick’s friends at Halliburton $700 billion / WS bailout / Help Hank’s friends at Goldman Sachs ---------------- -$1.4 trillion / Americ...

(13) isabar | 2 months ago

Ok, boys, this is it. Assuming the old guy shows up, here's some advice. 1. Watch your body language. No sighs, tsks, rolling of the eyes and shaking of the head. In fact...

(13) isabar | 2 months ago

There wasn’t a winner at the debate last night. McCain should’ve won by a landslide. World affairs is supposed to be his strong suit, domestic affairs is Obama’s. B...

(13) isabar | 2 months ago

It wasn’t long ago that the Republican Party (McCain included) endorsed every bill put before it by the Bush administration. Those days are long gone. American taxpayer...

(13) isabar | 2 months ago

(spoof) In this version of the musical, Henry Higgins, er, Henry Kissinger trains Eliza Doolittle, er, Sarah Palin, to dance political Cha Cha at the upcoming Debate Ball...

(1) nightskysf | 2 months ago

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(13) isabar | 2 months ago

[The following is in response to a post I read elsewhere. I realize I'm shooting from the hip, fighting perception with perception. I know you're all intelligent and can ...

(13) isabar | 2 months ago

Neither side wanted to blink first, so in the end 133 Reps and 94 Dems voted against the rescue plan. Maybe these legislators just couldn’t approve a $700 billion dolla...

(13) isabar | 2 months ago

(spoof) Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin announced during a press conference today she is suspending her campaign and flying to Washington because “Washington ca...

(13) isabar | 2 months ago

(spoof) Perhaps in an attempt to lower expectations of his performance during the upcoming October 2 debate with Sarah Palin, Senator Biden today seemed to admit to some ...

(13) isabar | 2 months ago

By now we know Sarah Palin is an expert in foreign relations, and thus qualified to be President of the United Sates because of Alaska's proximity to Russia. "They're our...

(13) isabar | 2 months ago

During her interview with Katie Couric, Sara Palin couldn’t remember any Supreme Court cases, other than Roe v Wade. Was she told by McCain’s handlers to stay away fr...

(13) isabar | about 1 month ago

From 3 pages to 300, from $700 billion to $850 billion, from bad to worse. Ok, folks, the bill approved by the Senate last night now looks like your run of the mill pork ...

(13) isabar | 2 months ago

I'm thorn about Gwen Ifill moderating the Sarah Palin-Joe Biden debate tonight, not because I think she'd be biased, but because of the 'appearance' of bias and the fact ...

(13) isabar | 2 months ago

At a time of war, when our country’s economic future looks as uncertain as Iraq paying for its own reconstruction, I still feel insulted that John McCain couldn’t fin...

(13) isabar | 2 months ago

Ok, now that the House passed the bailout plan, we’re officially a socialist country. Thanks to George Bush, we’re capitalists in good times, socialists in bad. Lenin...

(13) isabar | about 1 month ago

"Obama has been palling around with terrorists who would target their own country," Sarah Palin has been repeating into the microphone for a few days now, strutting aroun...

(13) isabar | about 1 month ago

As Gordon Gekko would say, "Greed, for luck of a better word, is good". So, John McCain hires Rick Davis to be his campaign manager, exclusively. John pays Rick $20,000 p...

(13) isabar | about 1 month ago

John McCain and "that one," sparred again last night during the second presidential debate. By now you probably know who “that one” is. Barack Obama. When referring t...

(13) isabar | about 1 month ago

I wish I could say that times like these are all bad, but they’re not. These times remind me of when the electricity goes out, and after a while people begin to come ou...

(13) isabar | about 1 month ago

I’ve just awakened to a new day, full of joy and hope for the future. My candidate has won by a landslide. The story this morning is no longer about who won , but by ho...

(13) isabar | about 1 month ago

An ancient woman grabs McCain’s microphone during one of his town meetings. “I can't trust Obama," she says, sounding dazed and confused, her gray hair matted over he...

(3) welshgrl2 | about 1 month ago

So, I am currently knee deep in my "vampire fascination phase." It started two months ago when I spent warm summer evenings drinking red wine and reading the Twilight boo...

(13) isabar | about 1 month ago

You just can’t make this stuff up. Well, I’ll try to envision what really happened there, how Neiman Marcus made Sarah Palin an action heroine. This is not about h ow...

(13) isabar | about 1 month ago

With just over a week until the election, John McCain could do no worse than to dump Sarah Palin and bring in Cindy McCain as his running mate. Not only is Cindy smart an...

(13) isabar | about 1 month ago

The Clerk doesn’t seem to care for my presence inside the early voting site. I’m a certified pollwatcher, a volunteer for Barack Obama, there to ensure every vote is ...

(13) isabar | about 1 month ago

"I feel like a man," said my 19 year old nephew after casting his ballot the other day. He'd waited on line three times to vote, each time having to leave for class or so...

(13) isabar | about 1 month ago

When Tom Bradley lost the '82 California governor's race, everyone blamed it on race. He'd been ahead in the polls. The Bradley effect refers to those who vote for the wh...

(13) isabar | about 1 month ago

I don't know about you, but for me wearing a noose is never politically correct, not even on Halloween It’s 9:30 PM on Halloween. The poll workers have counted the tota...

(0) emilyr629 | about 1 month ago

I love reading. I know most of us moms don't get a whole lot of time to read. All of the household duties we take care of on a daily basis allow little time for ourselves...

(13) isabar | about 1 month ago

Barack Obama is our President elect. I am so proud of what we have achieved tonight as a nation. Now we can put away our differences and reach across the aisle to put our...

(13) isabar | about 1 month ago

Please tell me if you want me to continue posting my thoughts. I need feedback. What would you like to talk about? ...

(13) isabar | 25 days ago

"Brothers should pull up their pants," President Elect Barack Obama said when asked about laws being passed to outlaw sagging pants. I respectfully disagree, Obie One. I ...